Example sentences of "[adj] than [pers pn] might have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The excitement is in the expectation that , having been around and seen all that you can , the end product will be at least a little more interesting than it might have been if you had stayed at home . |
| 2 | I think I could be a lot lot shorter than it might have been thought was necessary because things have been made , a lot of furniture has be has been moved today er already . |
| 3 | A walk was exactly what she needed , although the continuing hot weather made it less pleasant than it might have been . |
| 4 | Moreover , if bad management is perceived by the stock market , share prices will be lower than they might have been and a takeover raider may see an opportunity to buy up the company , install a better management , improve profits , and hence make capital gains when share prices subsequently rise . |
| 5 | The rise in overall population was actually lower than it might have been . |
| 6 | I understand from British Rail that the impact was less severe than it might have been , since both trains were on the move at the time , but some 90 passengers and the driver of the Portsmouth train were injured . |
| 7 | This failure , it is alleged , has hampered Britain 's industrial development and contributed to the British economy 's performance being poorer than it might have been . |
| 8 | But it seems to be a lot less than it might have been last year , I mean I , do we know how many that 's , we 're talking about ? |
| 9 | The studies led to the revelation of reasons why the programme was less successful than it might have been . |
| 10 | And if it is your , your view that y y your , your organs may be used in , in advance , and if that 's known to your relatives it 'll make a very very difficult time for them a great deal less difficult than it might have been otherwise . |
| 11 | They are less obtrusive than they might have been , but quite enough to dissipate the historically accurate atmosphere that is called for . |
| 12 | The Doctor was less worried than he might have been . |
| 13 | The highest praise for its plans is that they are , in some areas , less bad than they might have been . |